<div>Hello everyone! </div>
<div>Tonight the SPA social will be at Casa Nueva. Please come and join us on the Bodega side at 7pm. </div>
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<div>Relay for Life is coming up on May 29th. Please come walk with us, donate or help us raise funds. The OU SPA team has already raised $1120!</div>
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<div>Below is an e-mail that Pete received about the need for research assistance.</div>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
<div>Mieke<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br>Subject: Research Assistance<br><br>Good Afternoon,<br><br>The purpose of this e-mail is to request your assistance with my<br>dissertation research project. Specifically, I endeavor to contribute to<br>
the scholarship regarding the intercultural knowledge, skills and awareness<br>of student affairs practitioners and graduate students. You are receiving<br>this e-mail because you are currently listed as the departmental contact<br>
for the master's program in student affairs/higher education at your<br>institution. I am hoping that you will be able and willing to assist me by<br>sending the text of this e-mail (see below) to students in your program<br>
and, if you have access, program alumni.<br><br>Thank you so much for your help!<br><br><br>Attention Student Affairs Graduate Students:<br><br>As you are aware, the role of the student affairs practitioner is to attend<br>
to the out-of-class needs, promote meaningful interactions among, and help<br>students develop to their fullest potential. However, these goals are not<br>fully attainable unless practitioners are capable of understanding, and can<br>
interact competently with diverse groups of students.<br><br>The purpose for sending this e-mail is to request your assistance in a<br>research study designed to better understand the intercultural skills,<br>knowledge and awareness of student affairs administrators. This research<br>
will contribute to the scholarship regarding intercultural competence among<br>practitioners so that we, as practitioners and future practitioners, are in<br>a better position to serve students and by extension, enhance learning.<br>
<br>To participate, all you need to do is cut and paste the link below into<br>your web-browser and complete the survey by June 5, 2009.<br><br><a href="http://broad.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_6MbXoALOeoZmZBq&SVID=Prod" target="_blank">http://broad.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_6MbXoALOeoZmZBq&SVID=Prod</a><br>
<br>Your participation in this research is anonymous. The data you provide<br>cannot be tracked back to you.<br><br>I am hopeful that not only will you agree to participate in this unique and<br>exciting research opportunity, but that you will also share this<br>
opportunity with other graduate or full-time colleagues in student affairs.<br>Do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions or concerns<br>(<a href="mailto:frankl96@msu.edu" target="_blank">frankl96@msu.edu</a>).<br>
<br>Sincerely,<br><br><br><br>Amy Franklin-Craft<br>Associate Director of Residence Life<br>G55 Wilson Hall<br>Michigan State University<br>East Lansing, MI 48825<br><a href="mailto:frankl96@msu.edu" target="_blank">frankl96@msu.edu</a><br>
517-432-2496<br><br><br>-- <br>Mieke Blackwell<br>Graduate Hearing Officer<br><br>University Judiciaries<br>Ohio University<br>Baker University Center, 349<br>Athens, OH 45701<br><br>O: 740-593-2629<br>F: 740-593-4613<br>
<br><a href="http://www.ohio.edu/judiciaries">http://www.ohio.edu/judiciaries</a><br><br>The Division of Student Affairs<br>Creating Community, Cultivating Leaders <br></div>